Two-time Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson has died aged 75, his household have introduced.
The British movie star, finest recognized for his function in The Full Monty as former metal mill foreman Gerald Cooper, died ‘instantly’ on Saturday.
He additionally starred in 1998 romcom Shakespeare in Love, Christopher Nolan’s 2005 blockbuster Batman Begins and 2011 motion thriller Mission: Unimaginable – Ghost Protocol.
His tragic loss of life was confirmed in an announcement shared by his agent on behalf of his household.
The assertion learn: ‘It’s with nice unhappiness that the household of Tom Wilkinson announce that he died instantly at house on December 30. His spouse and household have been with him. The household asks for privateness presently.’
British Oscar-nominated actor Tom Wilkinson, finest recognized for his function in The Full Monty, has died aged 75, his household have introduced
Tom Wilkinson was finest recognized for his function in The Full Monty as former metal mill foreman Gerald Cooper (pictured)
(L-R) Tom Wilkinson Robert Carlyle, Steve Huison, Hugo Speer, Paul Barber and Mark Addy seem in a scene from The Full Monty
Wilkinson is pictured together with his actress spouse Diana Hardcastle at The Park Theatre in London on July 17, 2017
Wilkinson, who hailed from Wharfedale, West Driving of Yorkshire, is survived by his spouse, actress Diana Hardcastle, and their two daughters Alice and Mollie.
The star was nominated for Academy Awards for actor in a number one function for In The Bed room in 2001, and actor in a supporting function for Michael Clayton in 2007.
He most just lately reunited together with his The Full Monty co-stars, Robert Carlyle and Mark Addy, in a Disney+ sequence of the identical identify.
The unique 1997 comedy about an unlikely group of males stripping received an Oscar for finest unique musical or comedy rating and was nominated for 3 others, together with finest image and finest director.
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